Q: Is 3,290,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,290,940 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,290,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 47 60 90 94 141 180 188 235 282 389 423 470 564 705 778 846 940 1,167 1,410 1,556 1,692 1,945 2,115 2,334 2,820 3,501 3,890 4,230 4,668 5,835 7,002 7,780 8,460 11,670 14,004 17,505 18,283 23,340 35,010 36,566 54,849 70,020 73,132 91,415 109,698 164,547 182,830 219,396 274,245 329,094 365,660 548,490 658,188 822,735 1,096,980 1,645,470 and 3,290,940, with no remainder.

Since 3,290,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,290,940, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).